Oracle Linux : Systemd-logind.service Entered Failed State. (Doc ID 2278097.1)

Last updated on JUNE 10, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

 Failed to start login and other services in the system. /var/log/messages showing the following errors.

May 3 11:20:54 dbus[682]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out

Full Log:

May 3 11:20:39 NetworkManager[3495]: <info> [1493824839.5501] manager: startup complete
May 3 11:20:39 dbus[682]: [system] Activating systemd to hand-off: service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' unit='polkit.service'
May 3 11:20:54 dbus[682]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out
May 3 11:20:54 systemd-logind: Failed to enable subscription: Connection timed out
May 3 11:20:54  dbus-daemon: dbus[682]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.systemd1': timed out
May 3 11:20:54 systemd-logind: Failed to fully start up daemon: Connection timed out
May 3 11:20:54 systemd: systemd-logind.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
May 3 11:20:54 systemd: Failed to start Login Service.
May 3 11:20:54 systemd: Unit systemd-logind.service entered failed state.
May 3 11:20:54 systemd: systemd-logind.service failed.
May 3 11:20:54 systemd: systemd-logind.service has no holdoff time, scheduling restart.
May 3 11:20:54 systemd: Cannot add dependency job for unit microcode.service, ignoring: Unit is not loaded properly: Invalid argument.
May 3 11:20:54 systemd: Starting Login Service...
May 3 11:21:04 dbus[682]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1': timed out
May 3 11:21:04 dbus-daemon: dbus[682]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKi

Changes

 Updated the system using 'yum update'

Cause

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